Since July 2011, heavy monsoon rains in southeast Asia have resulted in catastrophic flooding. In Thailand, about one third of…
JSC2011-E-196321 (22 Sept. 2011) -- The Orion MPCV ground test vehicle is prepared for the Launch Abort Vehicle Configuration Test…
JSC2011-E-196320 (22 Sept. 2011) -- The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle ground test vehicle is prepared for the Launch Abort Vehicle…
NASA, space science industry and government officials are seen in front of a full-size model of NASA's James Webb Space…
Infrared images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, were combined in this image…
NEEMO 15 Commander Shannon Walker (NASA) and fellow aquanaut David Saint-Jacques (Canadian Space Agency) use a small telescoping boom as…
Exploded view of the first successful U.S. satellite, Explorer I, showing the instruments inside. Explorer I was launched January 31,…
An all-red aurora captured in Independence, Mo., on October 24, 2011. The coronal mass ejection (CME) that caused aurora to…
This artist's concept illustrates a young, red dwarf star surrounded by three planets. Such stars are dimmer and smaller than…
USRA's SOFIA education and public outreach director Dana Backman explains the difference between visible and infrared light.